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novel name= Doctor Who and the Mutants|
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series=[[Doctor Who]]-<br/>[[Target Novelisation]] |
|novelisation of = The Mutants (TV story)
number= 35 (given to later editions) |
|image = Mutants novel.jpg  
doctor=[[Third Doctor]] |
|number = 44 (given to later editions)  
companions= [[Jo Grant]] |
|doctor = Third Doctor  
enemy= [[The Marshal]] |
|companions= [[Jo Grant|Jo]]  
year= [[Solos]]|
|enemy = [[Marshal of Solos|The Marshal]]  
writer= [[Terrance Dicks]] |
|setting = [[Solos]]
publisher= [[Target Books]], [[W.H. Allen & Co]] |
|writer = Terrance Dicks
release date= [[September]]  [[1977]] (paperback)<br>[[October]] [[1977]] (hardcover)|
|read by = [[Jon Culshaw]]
format= Hardcover and paperback editions, --- Pages |
|cover = [[Jeff Cummins]]
isbn= ISBN 0-426-11068-4|
|publisher = Target Books
previous story=[[Doctor Who and the Sea Devils]] |
|publisher2 = W.H. Allen  
next story=[[The Time Monster (novelisation)|Doctor Who - The Time Monster]] }}
|release date= 29 September 1977
|format = Hardcover and paperback editions; 127 pages
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-11690-9
|series = [[Target novelisation]]s
|prev = Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil (novelisation)
|next = Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin (novelisation)
|series2 = [[Target novelisation]] numbering
|prev2 = Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon (novelisation)
|next2 = Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden (novelisation)
|series3 = [[List of Doctor Who television stories|TV series order]]
|prev3 = Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils
|next3 = The Time Monster (novelisation)
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]''.


==Novelisation==
== Publisher's summary ==
* This novelisation is based on the original television serial [[DW]]: ''[[The Mutants]]'' which was shown from 8th April 1972 and written by [[Bob Baker]] and [[Dave Martin]].
A massive shape scuttles out of the darkness and strikes the earth Overlord down. It is a Mutant – a huge insectoid creature. It moves in a crouch, its back arched and scaly, with huge knobbly vertebrae. The controlling Overlord, [[Marshal of Solos|the Marshal]], has ordered all such Mutants killed instantly.
* The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of [[Jeff Cummins]]. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).


==Publisher's Cover Blurb==
What was happening to the people of [[Solos]]? Why are they gradually turning into Monsters? Hands that become claws, flesh that turns scale-like...
A massive shape scuttles out of the darkness and strikes the earth Overlord down. It is a Mutant – a huge insectoid creature. It moves in a crouch, its back arched and scaly, with huge knobbly vertebrae. The controlling Overlord, the Marshal, has ordered all such Mutants killed instantly.<br>
What was happening to the people of [[Solos]]? Why are they gradually turning into Monsters? Hands that become claws, flesh that turns scale-like…<br>
When [[Third Doctor|DOCTOR WHO]] meets the Marshal and [[Jaegar]], he realizes that all is not as it appears to be. The Marshal has a sinister plan to gain control of this planet, and DOCTOR WHO must save Solos from this mad earthman, as well as save the Solonians themselves.<br>
DOCTOR WHO scripts – awarded the Writer’s Guild Award for the best British children’s original drama script.


==Illustrations==
When [[Third Doctor|DOCTOR WHO]] meets the Marshal and [[Jaeger (The Mutants)|Jaegar]], he realises that all is not as it appears to be. The Marshal has a sinister plan to gain control of this planet, and DOCTOR WHO must save Solos from this mad earthman, as well as save the Solonians themselves.
* None


== Deviations from the Televised Story ==
DOCTOR WHO scripts – awarded the Writer's Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script.
''To be added''


==Author, Writing and Publishing Notes==
== Chapter titles ==
* Title page includes (for now apparent reason): THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCTOR WHO. The cover illustration of this book portrays the third DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was altered by the Time Lords when they banished him to planet Earth in the Twentieth Century.
# The Hunters
''To be added''
# Mutant on the Loose!
*The [[Solonian]] picture on the cover is almost a perfect recreation of the televised creature.
# Assassination!
# Hunted on Solos
# The Experiment
# Escape
# The Attack
# The Trap
# The Fugitive
# The Crystal
# Condemned
# The Message
# The Investigator
# The Witness
# The Change


==Associated Images==
== Deviations from televised story ==
''To be added''
* [[Solos]] is described as more jungle-like than it appeared on-screen.
* The Doctor describes the use of [[message pod]]s as a system used for a "real emergency" and that the "[[Time Lord]]s' code" compels him to deliver it.
* [[Varan]]'s son is given a name, [[Vorn (The Mutants)|Vorn]].
* The assassination weapon Vorn uses is described as metallic; on-screen, it appeared to be disguised as carved wood.
* [[Jaeger (The Mutants)|Jaeger]] is given some backstory as being disgraced on [[Earth]] for stealing data from an academic colleague.
* In addition to the stone tablets seen on-screen, the message pod also contains parchment scrolls.
* The [[Marshal of Solos|Marshal]] discovers that [[Stubbs]] and [[Cotton (The Mutants)|Cotton]] are working with the Doctor by monitoring them in the caves with a directional microphone. In the televised version, he merely listens in on the open com-line.
* There is a secret passage underneath the Marshal's desk.
* The evolved Solonians appear to Jo in a vision in the cave.
* Much of the dialogue is omitted, paraphrased or truncated, for instance [[Ky]]'s aggression in [[Sondergaard]]'s laboratory is shortened and Cotton's "We'll all be done for!" speech at the end of episode five is turned into a calmer explanation about "The Marshal's arranged another of his little accidents!"
* The Marshal is given back story as having come to [[Skybase One|Skybase]] as a security guard and worked his way up the ranks, meaning he has no connections on Earth.
* Ky trying to stop the Marshal killing the mutant on Skybase is removed.


==Publishing History (UK)==
== Writing and publishing notes ==
* The [[Solonian]] picture on the cover is almost a perfect recreation of the televised creature.
* This is one of the Target books ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' gave away.
* The spine of this book mistakenly refers to the title as "Dr Who and the Mutants".


'''First Publication:'''
== Additional cover images ==
* Hardback  
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK  
File:HardbackMutants.jpg|1977 Hardback edition
</gallery>
 
== British publication history ==
* Hardback
: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
* Paperback
* Paperback
: Target  
: Target
'''Re-issues:'''
: None


==International Editions==
== Audiobook ==
''To be added''
This Target Book was released as an audiobook on [[4 October (releases)|4 October]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Jon Culshaw]].


==External Sources==
The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleeve notes by [[David J. Howe]]. Music and sound effects by [[Simon Power]].
* '''[[The Target Book]]''' by [[David J Howe]] ([[Telos Publishing]] 2007)
*  [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/general/main.htm ''On Target'' a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal]


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File:Doctor Who and the Mutants audiobook.jpg|Audiobook cover
</gallery>


== External links ==
''to be added''


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Latest revision as of 22:45, 5 February 2024

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Doctor Who and the Mutants was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial The Mutants.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

A massive shape scuttles out of the darkness and strikes the earth Overlord down. It is a Mutant – a huge insectoid creature. It moves in a crouch, its back arched and scaly, with huge knobbly vertebrae. The controlling Overlord, the Marshal, has ordered all such Mutants killed instantly.

What was happening to the people of Solos? Why are they gradually turning into Monsters? Hands that become claws, flesh that turns scale-like...

When DOCTOR WHO meets the Marshal and Jaegar, he realises that all is not as it appears to be. The Marshal has a sinister plan to gain control of this planet, and DOCTOR WHO must save Solos from this mad earthman, as well as save the Solonians themselves.

DOCTOR WHO scripts – awarded the Writer's Guild Award for the best British children's original drama script.

Chapter titles[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. The Hunters
  2. Mutant on the Loose!
  3. Assassination!
  4. Hunted on Solos
  5. The Experiment
  6. Escape
  7. The Attack
  8. The Trap
  9. The Fugitive
  10. The Crystal
  11. Condemned
  12. The Message
  13. The Investigator
  14. The Witness
  15. The Change

Deviations from televised story[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Solos is described as more jungle-like than it appeared on-screen.
  • The Doctor describes the use of message pods as a system used for a "real emergency" and that the "Time Lords' code" compels him to deliver it.
  • Varan's son is given a name, Vorn.
  • The assassination weapon Vorn uses is described as metallic; on-screen, it appeared to be disguised as carved wood.
  • Jaeger is given some backstory as being disgraced on Earth for stealing data from an academic colleague.
  • In addition to the stone tablets seen on-screen, the message pod also contains parchment scrolls.
  • The Marshal discovers that Stubbs and Cotton are working with the Doctor by monitoring them in the caves with a directional microphone. In the televised version, he merely listens in on the open com-line.
  • There is a secret passage underneath the Marshal's desk.
  • The evolved Solonians appear to Jo in a vision in the cave.
  • Much of the dialogue is omitted, paraphrased or truncated, for instance Ky's aggression in Sondergaard's laboratory is shortened and Cotton's "We'll all be done for!" speech at the end of episode five is turned into a calmer explanation about "The Marshal's arranged another of his little accidents!"
  • The Marshal is given back story as having come to Skybase as a security guard and worked his way up the ranks, meaning he has no connections on Earth.
  • Ky trying to stop the Marshal killing the mutant on Skybase is removed.

Writing and publishing notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Solonian picture on the cover is almost a perfect recreation of the televised creature.
  • This is one of the Target books Doctor Who Magazine gave away.
  • The spine of this book mistakenly refers to the title as "Dr Who and the Mutants".

Additional cover images[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 1977 Hardback edition

    1977 Hardback edition

British publication history[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Hardback
W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
  • Paperback
Target

Audiobook[[edit] | [edit source]]

This Target Book was released as an audiobook on 4 October 2018 complete and unabridged by BBC Audio and read by Jon Culshaw.

The cover blurb and thumbnail illustrations were retained in the accompanying booklet with sleeve notes by David J. Howe. Music and sound effects by Simon Power.

  • Audiobook cover

    Audiobook cover

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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